Next right thing
Gene Osborn is keenly aware that he is “walking a fine line” between his day job and night life. After performing with his band We Are Star Children in the […]
Bring you back
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd made his first hit record when he was only 16 years old. Now, almost 30 years later, the child phenom is relishing the past while […]
All of Morrow’s parties
Nick Morrow recently took over as president of Cville Pride, adding to his impressive portfolio of professional activism. Morrow is communications director for Vote.org, the country’s largest nonpartisan digital voter […]
Tale of fire and ice
If the origin story of local metal band Age of Fire were a rom-com, there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the theater at this point. Put on some Evanescence […]
Super suds
For years, new brewers all said it: I brew what I like. But times have changed, and spots like SuperFly Brewing Co., which opened this summer at 943 Preston Ave., […]
One more for the roads
Andre Xavier knows booze tourism. As owner of Cville Tours, he’s seen what banding together can do for co-located breweries like those on Route 151. So when Xavier helped open […]
Back to biscuits
BBQ is a labor of love. So when Brian Ashworth tired of the labor and threatened to close Ace Biscuit and Barbecue, a ’cue-lover stepped in to save it. “Ace […]
Hoos running things
Two UVA track team members founded Run Charlottesville in 2018. Now, the organization is bringing together college athletes and area kids at three Virginia locations. The mission? Use running to […]
Down to D’earth
Jazzman John D’earth has his hands in so many Charlottesville music scene projects that his own record releases can go unnoticed. But his newest LP, Coin of the Realm, demands […]
Slow play
When local musician Jay Pun watched worldbeat band Baaba Seth take the stage decades ago, it was one of the few times he saw someone who looked like him making […]